diff --git a/hack/mkdocs/image/requirements.txt b/hack/mkdocs/image/requirements.txt
index 940b186b39..7bfca47c89 100644
--- a/hack/mkdocs/image/requirements.txt
+++ b/hack/mkdocs/image/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jsmin==3.0.1
 livereload==2.7.1
 # mkdocs 2.4.1 requires Markdown < 3.4.0
 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/1671#issuecomment-1400586465
-markdown~=3.8
+markdown~=3.9
 MarkupSafe==3.0.2
 mkdocs==1.6.1
 mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin==2.10.1